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Sewanee: The University of the South

In research, Sewanee: The University of the South stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,772 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#4,585 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,443 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,529
of 28,054 · #6,928 all time
Rank in United States
#1,001
of 4,192
Research works
2.8k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
51k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Sewanee: The University of the South known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,772 of 12,888 21.6%82 #8085
Life SciencesDomain #4,585 of 7,800 25.2%79 #4883
Social SciencesDomain #6,443 of 10,521 20.3%128 #3052
Social SciencesField #4,854 of 6,365 25.3%61 #3353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sewanee: The University of the South sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#8,085 #6,772
  2. Life Sciences#4,883 #4,585
  3. Social Sciences#3,052 #6,443
  4. Social Sciences#3,353 #4,854
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3.09× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.61× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.12× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sewanee: The University of the South?

Ranked on the composite score, Sherry Hamby, Francis X. Hart and William E. Engel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sewanee: The University of the South.

  1. 1 Sherry Hamby United States · #22,795 worldwide 517 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Francis X. Hart United States · #136,183 worldwide 181 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 William E. Engel United States · #378,624 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 R.E.H. Westendorp Boerma United States · #584,494 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Ladislav Rolínek United States · #670,144 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Amy S. Patterson United States · #729,596 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Benjamin J. King United States · #836,889 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 W. B. Patterson United States · #873,127 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Drahoš Vaněček United States · #878,769 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Dagmar Škodová Parmová United States · #1,111,728 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sewanee: The University of the South

Which keywords describe research at Sewanee: The University of the South?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Religion, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Habitat Fragmentation, Gender, History and Conservation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change30▲ 3.5×52 topics
  2. Religion15▲ 10×17 topics
  3. Invasive Species14▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Biodiversity14▲ 5.9×20 topics
  5. Globalization13▲ 2.0×26 topics
  6. Epidemiology12◆ 0.99×49 topics
  7. History12▲ 5.3×15 topics
  8. Gender11▲ 6.5×19 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Conservation10▲ 6.9×18 topics
  11. Colonialism9▲ 6.0×16 topics
  12. Mental Health9▲ 1.89×21 topics
  13. Nationalism8▲ 5.8×10 topics
  14. Global Change8▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Culture8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services8▲ 6.2×8 topics
  17. Economic Growth7▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Literature7▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Population Dynamics7▲ 8.5×9 topics
  20. Society7▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Philosophy7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  22. Democracy6▲ 5.7×8 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 6.2×14 topics
  24. Cultural Identity6▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Biogeography5▲ 6.4×18 topics
  26. Neoliberalism5▲ 4.5×12 topics
  27. Molecular Phylogeny5▲ 10×12 topics
  28. Plant-Animal Interactions5▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Pollinator Decline5▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Microbiota5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  31. Inequality5▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. Medicine5▲ 18×5 topics
  33. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 7.1×7 topics
  34. Theology4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Historical Narratives4▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Biological Control4▲ 8.1×8 topics
  37. Drosophila4▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Insulin Signaling4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Vector Control4▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Public Sphere4▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Sewanee: The University of the South publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis, Biblical Studies and Interpretation and Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research.

Plant and animal studies5Plant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…4Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 4 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Int…3Biblical Studies and Interpretation: 3 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect …3Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 3 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 3 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …2Historical Economic and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 2 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 2 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…2Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 2 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceReligious studiesCellular and Molecular Neuroscience5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  2. 2 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 4 works
  3. 3 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 3 works
  4. 4 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  7. 7 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
  9. 9 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sewanee: The University of the South's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.